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You using the 1.4 patch?
What about latest video/sound drivers?
Joystick drivers?
Direct X 9?


I've been running D3 in XP Pro for about 1 yr with no problems at all.

Do you have custom objects in D3?
Custom ships?
They may be the problem.

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:34:02 GMT, "monty.vaughn"
<monty.vaughn@insightbb.com> wrote:

>Every time I load D3, it locks up after playing for about 5 - 10 minutes.  I
>am playing on XP  I am working with a small group of players, all having the
>same problem. Differnt machines, video cards and configs, only common point
>is XP Pro.  Changing compatability mode doesn't fix problem.  Have
>uninstalled and reinistalled and still locks up in the middle of game play.
>Does the same with D3  Mercenary  -  any suggestions.
>
>

Thanks for the quick response

Have all the latest drivers for joystick,video and sound.  Using v1.4 patch
DirectX9

The installation is a vanilla install nothing custom, no custom ships - just
an outof the box install and 1.4 update.

There are several in this group running XP and are having the same problem.
They can load and play for about 5 to 10 minutes and then we hear "ding" see
the white mouse and the game is locked up.  All version are retail no
copies.

"Fusion" <hey@yaright.com> wrote in message
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> You using the 1.4 patch?
> What about latest video/sound drivers?
> Joystick drivers?
> Direct X 9?
>
>
> I've been running D3 in XP Pro for about 1 yr with no problems at all.
>
> Do you have custom objects in D3?
> Custom ships?
> They may be the problem.
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:34:02 GMT, "monty.vaughn"
> <monty.vaughn@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> >Every time I load D3, it locks up after playing for about 5 - 10 minutes.
I
> >am playing on XP  I am working with a small group of players, all having
the
> >same problem. Differnt machines, video cards and configs, only common
point
> >is XP Pro.  Changing compatability mode doesn't fix problem.  Have
> >uninstalled and reinistalled and still locks up in the middle of game
play.
> >Does the same with D3  Mercenary  -  any suggestions.
> >
> >
>

add me to that list as well

maybe if we started some sort of database of the configs of people with this
problem we could find the commonality and hence, maybe fix it

something tells me the people who made the game are not concerned

also, last few days i have not been able to log on to PXO, anyone else have
this problem too?

"monty.vaughn" <monty.vaughn@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the quick response
>
> Have all the latest drivers for joystick,video and sound.  Using v1.4
patch
> DirectX9
>
> The installation is a vanilla install nothing custom, no custom ships -
just
> an outof the box install and 1.4 update.
>
> There are several in this group running XP and are having the same
problem.
> They can load and play for about 5 to 10 minutes and then we hear "ding"
see
> the white mouse and the game is locked up.  All version are retail no
> copies.
>
> "Fusion" <hey@yaright.com> wrote in message
> news:dnb1vvornuua6mr97dhlp54tnm92nidn3j@4ax.com...
> > You using the 1.4 patch?
> > What about latest video/sound drivers?
> > Joystick drivers?
> > Direct X 9?
> >
> >
> > I've been running D3 in XP Pro for about 1 yr with no problems at all.
> >
> > Do you have custom objects in D3?
> > Custom ships?
> > They may be the problem.
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:34:02 GMT, "monty.vaughn"
> > <monty.vaughn@insightbb.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Every time I load D3, it locks up after playing for about 5 - 10
minutes.
> I
> > >am playing on XP  I am working with a small group of players, all
having
> the
> > >same problem. Differnt machines, video cards and configs, only common
> point
> > >is XP Pro.  Changing compatability mode doesn't fix problem.  Have
> > >uninstalled and reinistalled and still locks up in the middle of game
> play.
> > >Does the same with D3  Mercenary  -  any suggestions.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>

Hi,

I would suggest to post this problem in the tech forum of the descent
bulletin board.
They helped me several times there with different problems.

www.descentbb.net


Deckard
http://descent.kroonen.com




"monty.vaughn" <monty.vaughn@insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> Every time I load D3, it locks up after playing for about 5 - 10 minutes.
I
> am playing on XP  I am working with a small group of players, all having
the
> same problem. Differnt machines, video cards and configs, only common
point
> is XP Pro.  Changing compatability mode doesn't fix problem.  Have
> uninstalled and reinistalled and still locks up in the middle of game
play.
> Does the same with D3  Mercenary  -  any suggestions.
>
>
>

> There are several in this group running XP and are having the same problem.
> They can load and play for about 5 to 10 minutes and then we hear "ding" see
> the white mouse and the game is locked up.  

Sounds like maybe some application is stealing focus from Descent, and 
Descent isn't handling it well.  XP and its blasted tray balloons could 
be an issue.  Also make sure to close IM apps and the like.  And if 
you're using a modem, make sure to turn off the "Idle time before 
disconnect" option--Windows apparently thinks your connection is idle 
while you're gaming (it's done that to me, anyway--guess if you're not 
using IE, you're not online, in their estimation).